{"id":45108,"date":"2025-04-12T02:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T02:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/?p=45108"},"modified":"2025-04-12T07:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:24:15","slug":"back-to-back-masters-winners-at-augusta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportscasting.com\/uk\/news\/back-to-back-masters-winners-at-augusta\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ll Be Shocked At How Many ‘Back-to-Back’ Masters Winners There’s Been, As Scottie Scheffler Eyes Repeat Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the start of the first golf major of the year draws nearer, we look at how many back to back<\/em> Masters winners there has been – as last year’s champion Scottie Scheffler looks to try and defend his Augusta crown.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scottie Scheffler<\/strong> Will Be The Latest Golfer Trying For A Repeat Masters Win<\/strong><\/h2>\n

World golf number one Scottie Scheffler<\/strong> has surprisingly only won two majors – but these have both come in the upcoming Masters at Augusta.<\/p>\n

Scheffler’s first green jacket success came in 2022 and he doubled that tally last year in 2024 – seeing of Sweden’s Ludvig \u00c5berg by four shots.<\/span><\/p>\n

With Spain’s Jon Rahm winning the 2023 event in between – with Scheffler coming a tied 10th that year.<\/p>\n

Therefore, Scheffler has already come up short once before when trying to defend his Masters title – so what does history tell us about golfers trying to be one of the back to back<\/em> Masters winners?<\/p>\n

The Last Of The Back to Back<\/em> Masters Winners Was Tiger Woods In 2001 and 2002<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Winning the Masters in consecutive seasons it’s not as common as you might think.<\/p>\n

Yes, over the years we’ve have a whole stack of dominate golfers – which might suggest winning this major on the bounce has been done many times.<\/p>\n

However, you have to go back over 20 years to find the latest of the back to back<\/em> Masters winners – which, unsurprisingly, was Tiger Woods.<\/p>\n

Having won his second green jacket in 2001, Woods made little mistake in defending his Masters title the following year – winning in 2002 with a score of -12.<\/p>\n

With South Africa’s Retief Goosen three shots back in second. While future winner Phil Mickelson was a further shot back in third and past champions Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Olaz\u00e1bal in fourth.<\/p>\n

But heading into the 2025 renewal – Tiger Woods is still the last player to win two Masters titles on the spin.<\/p>\n

Having won his first in 1997, Woods went onto win the Masters twice more – in 2005 and 2019.<\/p>\n

With his overall tally in this major standing at five.<\/p>\n